Register to the Webinar #9: Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond.

Dear colleague,

Participate in our next webinar, Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond. It will happen on 5 May, 2020 at 09:00 EDT/GMT-4. Please, click here to register.

The webinar will discuss the following questions:

  • Which financing mechanisms can be and are currently used by countries to create fiscal space to flexibly extend social protection schemes and systems as a reaction to the COVID-19 crisis? 
  • Do we have the right instruments to address international financing needs? How can the international community mobilize funding, in particular grants?
  • What are the lessons learnt for future crises to ensure that financing is available for a rapid extension of social protection schemes and systems?
  • How can social protection financing be sustained beyond COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries?

Panellist:

Delphine Juliette Prady, Economist at the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Discussants:

Mark Blecher and Lindi Mzankomo, National Treasury of South Africa

Moderator:

Silas Theile, Social Protection Advisor, GIZ